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if i was advising the president of the united states, the new president of the united states, i would say you've got three huge problems in this country that you need to address. the economy, the economy, and the economy. and our kickinticking debt time problem. we have to deal with it. those of us who have access to the people who will be the decision makers in the next government can do whatever we can to try to promote that idea with them. >> bob, do you want to add to that? >> the only thing i would add is i think after this election, i think you all can play a role in it, to put in place a very large effort to try to persuade those in public office to come to gather and compromise, i think after this election every one of us who has some ability to relate to the political system ought to make -- they really ought to have two priorities. compromise and work with one another. two, solve this fiscal problem. i think you got it exactly right. the american public needs to be better educated about this issue and i think the people who can best do it is our elected officials. i think al
if i was advising the president of the united states, the new president of the united states, i would say you've got three huge problems in this country that you need to address. the economy, the economy, and the economy. and our kickinticking debt time problem. we have to deal with it. those of us who have access to the people who will be the decision makers in the next government can do whatever we can to try to promote that idea with them. >> bob, do you want to add to that? >>...
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and to the next vice president of the united states, joe biden, i thank you. i am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the amtrak train he still takes home every night. to the love of my life, our next first lady, michelle obama. and to malia and sasha, i love you so much, and i am so proud of you. four years ago, i stood before you and told you my story, of the brief union between a young man from kenya and a young woman from kansas, who weren't well off or well known, but shared a belief that in america their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. it is that promise that has always set this country apart - that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one american family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well. that's why i stand here tonight. because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and
and to the next vice president of the united states, joe biden, i thank you. i am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the amtrak train he still takes home every night. to the love of my life, our next first lady, michelle obama. and to malia and sasha, i love you so much, and i am so proud of you. four years ago, i stood before you and told you my story, of the brief union between a...
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nearly 7,000 jobs in the united states depends on wind energy. they aren't a tabs, they're the future. it's time to stop giving $4 million in taxpayer subsidies each year to oil companies that are making every time you go to the pump. let's give some of the money to home grown energy sources like wind. that's this election, that's what we're fighting for. it's up to you whether we go back to the health care system unless insurance companies decide who to cover and when. or whether we keep moving forward with the new health care laws that's cutting costs and covering more people and saving lives. now's not the time to re-fight the battles in the past four years, now's the time to move forward. this november, you get to decide about the war in afghanistan. governor romney had nothing to say about afghanistan last week, let alone offer a plan for the 33,000 troops who will have come home from the war by the end of this month. you know, he says ending the war in iraq was tragic. i said we'd end that war and we did. i said we'd take out bin laden, and
nearly 7,000 jobs in the united states depends on wind energy. they aren't a tabs, they're the future. it's time to stop giving $4 million in taxpayer subsidies each year to oil companies that are making every time you go to the pump. let's give some of the money to home grown energy sources like wind. that's this election, that's what we're fighting for. it's up to you whether we go back to the health care system unless insurance companies decide who to cover and when. or whether we keep...
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in other words, communications here in the united states. remember i said i was down in the operations building and we begin playing defense before go on offense? as the director of nsa, you have a fair amount of authority. you can dial things up, get more aggressive. you cannot be haphazard about it. you have to sell it to congress. guess what i did about 11:00 morning of 9/11? if i had the authority to ratchet it up, i did. i call the head of the american intelligence and the heads of the house and senate intelligence committees. i told george. we were getting a bit more aggressive and the higher probability that we could intercept those types of messages that would tell us about the next attack. i did not hear from george for two or three days. and he says i visited with the president and vice-president dan i told them when you were doing. i said he was going to go to jail and i would bail him out. i was being aggressive but i was doing it within my authority. he was then asked if he could do anything more. so george calls me. the preside
in other words, communications here in the united states. remember i said i was down in the operations building and we begin playing defense before go on offense? as the director of nsa, you have a fair amount of authority. you can dial things up, get more aggressive. you cannot be haphazard about it. you have to sell it to congress. guess what i did about 11:00 morning of 9/11? if i had the authority to ratchet it up, i did. i call the head of the american intelligence and the heads of the...
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they vote more in mexico than they do in the united states. let's be clear that we all have to lift up the notion that their right to vote is something sacred and crack a good final thought. >> i hope you -- sacred. >> a good final thought. i hope you keep an eye out for abc and univision, and join me in thanking all against for this to begin this afternoon and we hope to see you at another event down the road. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> watch and engage as the presidential candidates meet in three debates next month. at the university of denver, hofstra university in new york, and lynn university from florida. >> the u.n. is us. your government and the mine. -- and mine. sometimes we talk about the u.s. as "it" or "they," distancing ourselves. by doing that, we are giving them an alibi at blaming the secretary and secretary general. one of my predecessors used to say that we often referred to the secretary general as chief for short.
they vote more in mexico than they do in the united states. let's be clear that we all have to lift up the notion that their right to vote is something sacred and crack a good final thought. >> i hope you -- sacred. >> a good final thought. i hope you keep an eye out for abc and univision, and join me in thanking all against for this to begin this afternoon and we hope to see you at another event down the road. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning...
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the united states enjoyed price stability until the 1990's and continues to do so today. the employment situation remains a grave concern. it is not growing fast enough to make significant progress reducing the unemployment rate. fewer than half of the 8 million jobs have been restored. at 8.1%, the unemployment rate is nearly unchanged since the beginning of the year. the weak job market should concern every american. high unemployment imposes large ship and entails a tremendous waste of human skills and talents. 5 million americans have been unemployed for more than six months and millions more have left the labour force. they have given up because they have not been able to find suitable work. as skills atrophy, they find it increasingly difficult to get good jobs. and also to the detriment of our nation's productive potential. they have provided unprecedented levels of policy accommodation in recent years. it with the main policy interest rate near the effect of lower bound, we have tools to carry out monetary policy, balance sheet actions, and guidance for how we ant
the united states enjoyed price stability until the 1990's and continues to do so today. the employment situation remains a grave concern. it is not growing fast enough to make significant progress reducing the unemployment rate. fewer than half of the 8 million jobs have been restored. at 8.1%, the unemployment rate is nearly unchanged since the beginning of the year. the weak job market should concern every american. high unemployment imposes large ship and entails a tremendous waste of human...
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and god bless the united states of america. /♪ >> president obama wrapping things up in iowa. he's going to continue on from here and go to colorado and then on to ohio before he heads to louisiana one of the gulf states there that had damage from hurricane isaac. we're going to take your phone calls. numbers are up on your screen. if you can't call but you want to join us on twitter, go ahead and send us a tweet. you can also send us a tweet using the hash tag dnc if you want to weigh in on the upcoming democratic national convention that starts tuesday. we're going to go straight away and take calls now from las vegas, nevada on the democrat's line. caller: hi there. i would like to comment on our commander in chief and the wonderful work he's has accomplished and i would like to see him be there for mour years and we as americans back him up and he's had a tough time being able to turn things around. we've had the house kind of block some things but i know he can continue to do the good work that he has done. >> you're in nevada. what are his chance there is? >> they're goi
and god bless the united states of america. /♪ >> president obama wrapping things up in iowa. he's going to continue on from here and go to colorado and then on to ohio before he heads to louisiana one of the gulf states there that had damage from hurricane isaac. we're going to take your phone calls. numbers are up on your screen. if you can't call but you want to join us on twitter, go ahead and send us a tweet. you can also send us a tweet using the hash tag dnc if you want to weigh...
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and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> wow, what's a mom like me doing in a place like this? i'm not even a political person but what i am is a military mom. my husband and i are so proud of our five kids. one each in the army, the navy, the air force, and the marines. our youngest is still in high school and, yes, we are hoping he will join the coast guard. they are mom's most precious treasures. and i don't know when i'm going to get them together again because one of them is always deploying. but because of dr. biden and the first lady, our lives are a little bit easier. along with president obama, they have made helping military families a top priority. they've brought together the american people including thousands of businesses to become part of a nationwide support network. it is honor and respect in action. and it warms this mother's heart. last december, i wrote michelle obama a christmas card. just a mom to mom note to say thank you for caring. the first lady not only read my letter. she invited my
and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> wow, what's a mom like me doing in a place like this? i'm not even a political person but what i am is a military mom. my husband and i are so proud of our five kids. one each in the army, the navy, the air force, and the marines. our youngest is still in high school and, yes, we are hoping he will join the coast guard. they are mom's most precious treasures. and i don't know when i'm going to get them together again because...
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there are individual pastors around the united states to just follow their own congregation. they have more of a total reach than oprah winfrey. colorado words are not the drive the metric for campaigns. >> i called all 68,000 of my twitter followers just to thank them. i promise we will -- we would be done at 11:00 a.m. thank you for this panel. [applause] come back tomorrow. >> on behalf of cbs and the national journal, take all of you for attending. these guys are really good. tomorrow, same time, same place. we have a terrific group of pollsters. we have a monitor -- a moderator from cbs. we have three of the best posters in the country to be here. we encourage you to join us tonight for our viewing party. watch it, because there is not much to watch tonight. last, but not least, we have an event here at 2:00 this afternoon on the subject of healthy cities. if you are interested in that subject, please join us. thanks everybody. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we will be taking
there are individual pastors around the united states to just follow their own congregation. they have more of a total reach than oprah winfrey. colorado words are not the drive the metric for campaigns. >> i called all 68,000 of my twitter followers just to thank them. i promise we will -- we would be done at 11:00 a.m. thank you for this panel. [applause] come back tomorrow. >> on behalf of cbs and the national journal, take all of you for attending. these guys are really good....
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so if that's true of the united states, generally it is certainly true in the south. i think we have in the south the "what's the matter with kansas" phenomenon which is some version of social conservative joining with economic conservatives. they end up not really getting their part of the bargain, but voting against the economic interest of those at the bottom. and then jackie has opened the door and sort of carried for me the heart of it which is the reaction to poverty is even more racialized in the south than it is in the rest of the country. it becomes more visible over time. we just saw political convention last week which is sort of remarkable on this front. and its rhetoric and in its outlook. i kept -- i'm going to end with this. but i kept having in my mind steven colbert coming to the republican national convention and hey yo white people. it was kind of an astonishing look even from the ecstatics of our polarization. i think it would be a great argument for why they have reached the stage that we have. we seem to have more poor folks in the south and a la
so if that's true of the united states, generally it is certainly true in the south. i think we have in the south the "what's the matter with kansas" phenomenon which is some version of social conservative joining with economic conservatives. they end up not really getting their part of the bargain, but voting against the economic interest of those at the bottom. and then jackie has opened the door and sort of carried for me the heart of it which is the reaction to poverty is even...